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ISLAMABAD: Lieutenant General Muhammad Asim Malik has been appointed as new Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), announced the government through the state-run Pakistan Television here on Monday. The new spy chief will take charge of his new role on September 30. It is interesting to note that the announcement of new DG ISI […]
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir has vowed that the Pakistan Army will continue to extend full support to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Police and other law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in the newly merged districts along the Afghan border, the military said on Friday. His remarks came as the police protested across southern […]
PESHAWAR: A corruption scandal has surfaced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Health Department regarding the procurement of medical gloves, involving millions of rupees. According to official documents, gloves recorded in government inventories are missing from the District Health Officer (DHO) stores. The documents reveal that gloves worth Rs280 million were purchased for Bajaur and North Waziristan […]
DROSH: Parents of students at Frontier Corps Public School (FCPS) Drosh have expressed their full confidence in the school’s management, voicing satisfaction with the measures taken for the welfare of their children. During a parents’ conference at FCPS Drosh, Wing Commander Lt. Col. Waqas outlined various initiatives implemented by Chitral Scouts to enhance student facilities. […]
PESHAWAR: Security forces claimed to have killed a close associate of terrorist commander Hafiz Gul Bahader in an operation in North Waziristan on Friday. A statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said an intelligence-based operation was conducted on the reported presence of terrorists in the area. Following an intense exchange of fire with security […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court in a decision on a criminal review petition No.2/2024 stated that no one can claim to be Muslim until he/she has unconditional faith in ‘Khatam-e-Nabuwwat’ of Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him (PBUH). It said that the court has clearly stated in the verdict that both the groups, which called themselves […]
LAHORE: The Counterterrorism Department (CTD) Punjab on Friday claimed to have foiled several terror plots by arresting an alleged militant and senior Al-Qaeda leader in an intelligence-based operation in Gujrat. According to the CTD spokesperson, in a significant breakthrough in the fight against terrorism, the CTD, in collaboration with various intelligence agencies, apprehended Dr Aminul […]
By: Zahiruddin CHITRAL: Dostaman Aman, the father of the business tycoon based in the United States rising to the summit of prominence in his native town in Chitral, Pakistan was laid to rest here had breathed his last at 100 in Islamabad the other day. People from all walks of life thronged the community place in […]
ISLAMABAD: Leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have strongly condemned the proposal to ban their party, stating that such a move is not a child’s play. The statement was made during a press conference by opposition leader Omar Ayub, PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan, and Shibli Faraz in Islamabad on Monday. Khan addressed the media, saying, […]
ISLAMABAD: Expressing concerns over the burden of debt that has pawned the future of the nation’s generations, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that knocking on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) door again after three years would be an utter disgrace for Pakistan. “To free ourselves from this cycle of debt, the federal and provincial governments, […]